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[quote user="jeaton"]Just for the record, folks.  The $7.7 billion covers more than just Chicago-Cleveland.  Add Chicago to: Detroit/Grand Rapids/Post Huron; Indianapolis/Cincinnati; Carbondale; St Louis/Kansas City; Quincy/Omaha; Milwaukee/Green Bay/Twin Cities.  2002 dollars.  Lotta bucks., but, you know, spread it around a little...[/quote] Very true, I never meant for the example to be misleading. I was just using it to illustrate the (typical) time savings offered Interesting that they are saying they will cut the travel time from chicago to cincinnati in half, but from Chicago to Cleveland by only one third.. Look at all those bus routes proposed. How long do you think most of them will last beyond startup of the system?  My personal view is that most of those are just offered to pump taxpayers that do not live near the actual rail line  themselves, for monetary support. (those not living near the  rail lines being less inclined to ante up the construction costs) the proposed bus lines being a 'bridge' of sorts. Can you imagine riding the bus from Duluth  to Minneapolis, to get on a high speed train to Cincinnati? I'll bet you could fly from Duluth to Cincinnati before the bus ever arrived in Minneapolis . [img]http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1673/200px9f10ji0.gif[/img]
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